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Continuous Manual Exchange Transfusion for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: An Efficient Method to Avoid Iron Overload
Published on: March 14, 2017
Red blood cell recovery and reinfusion
1Department of Anesthesiology, Magee Women's Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Suite 3510, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. watejh@upmc.edu
Abstract:
This article describes the intraoperative washed cell salvage process and principles of cell salvage technology and addresses the parameters that can maximize the effectiveness of the process. Used appropriately, this technique can be used to recover and readminister several blood volumes of red cells.
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